, 1887-12-22
The Butte Of Washington.

Way back in 1861 some wag wrote a
song which was very Iopular on thls
coast FOR time, the first few lines Of
which ran something after this style
"If YOU hear OF salmon river,
You get the golden fcyGri
II you have II pretty wIir at homo
Go right away aud leave her.
So put your pack upon your back.
Aud to the nluuitains 20 1T,
And ii you strike good thing
Let everybody know H.
Those lines are n. true to day az when
| they were written years ago, and when
ever you meet u man from salmon river,
| he Is always delighted TO tell you OF tho
wonderful rlcliness of ,iie country.
Mr.. o. ID. Gail, who Tor The past seven
months has been prospecting IN the sal
| mon river country, ia the eastern portion
| of the territory, arrived IN seattle ye>ier-
| day, and in ~ conversation with report
or said III tell you Ruby City will be
| one Of tue richest minlng camps ON this
coast it will 10 y second Buue-and l
" iil be disappointed II there are not l5,-
wv people there In tive years.
| The country Is new and has only been
skimined over by prospectors, but IA tn"
wealth OF the mines become known II
Will Oe an easy matter to induce cAuitai'
! lists 10 come la and develop them. In
fact, within the past few weeks several
agents of capitalists have been in there
and several sales have been made. Three
fourths Of the HouieSiake mlne sold the
other day for S3O,O ,OOD cash. 1t was bought
by 1T. Louis people. Three fourths Of
the First Thought mine about the same
time were bought by Denver people Tor
S3O, 90, who also pad 80 900 Tor ON sixth
~ another mine In the same section.
Portland parties bought the War Eagle
Inine for Sl5OOO and got u great bal gain.
The Ruby nlne was sold TO Cincluiiuti
parties Tor SiO,0OO, and other sales have
been made there. The A illugtun niue i
the only one that has been ~ all duvrl.
oped. The shaft in that mine X dow u 100
feet and the ore Is panulug cut rich, Ruby
City IL the principal camp and there are
fourteen or hftcen mines on the mother
vein or lode which are known To- bc rlrh.
SIX hundred prnsprctOrS Will wln er
there. There are three saw mills in up.
Grafton III the mines, and ~ | CniIle out
met two planning mills going III. rhere
are three stage Hines 10 the mines, one
from spokane Fails, one from Ellcnshurg
ANA One from prague. the fare on either
uf Whch is SO and u fellow must carry
his own blanket. ami rub. ElCh ~irlhts
are reported to have been made AT Wani
cut Lake, 80 mile, uorIho Ruby, just he
fore l LETT. Ii Is understood that the
scheme OF certain Tacoma parties to put
u boat on the Columbia river has fallen
through, und the people Of E,lrn~burS
have raised SI5OOU Tor that purpose
1heIr boat viii run from kork Island, 50
miles from Eiensburg, to the mouth of
the Oganagan rivrr, whlci! ls only four
miles from the mines, aud when the wa
ter l. high steanlers can run tn tie mouth
" salmon river, which is only fifteen
miles from The mines.
II came down To spend the winter but
shall return in the spring. 1 should
thlnk Seattle people woull reach out and
try to capture some of that trade. There
areR npmber of stores in Ruby City, and
i heard "A number Of tie business men
say they would like to establish trade re-
lations with Seattle.
"rhere are no quartz mills In operation
in those mines, but several Oi the mines
which have been sold will he developed
next yedr."--Sedtlle Post.